Chapters 1 - 10. Summary

As the book opens, Addie and her mother are being moved into their new home by her mother's ex-husband, Dwight. Dwight is not happy with the trailer he must move them into, but it is all he can afford now that Addie's mother has had his house foreclosed on. Addie takes the new trailer in stride and is excited by all of the small spaces inside her new home. She will be beginning the sixth grade at a new school in a few weeks and seems to adjust easily to life's changes.

In Chapter 1, Addison is a young girl who lives with her mother, Denise, who is single. Her ex-stepfather, Dwight, picks them up and is taking them to live in a new trailer which he is giving them. Addie is excited to see the new trailer and has imagined that...